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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

TODAY: Court Dramas Great Britain Gallows trail of a strip-teaser

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 January 1945 · page 19

Blonde, slim strip-tease dancer Elizabeth Maude ones lay white-faced and staring-eyed in her cell in Holloway…

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TODAY: Court Dramas New South Wales a pianist played only soft music

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 January 1945 · page 18

Professional pianist Harry Whyte, whom you may have heard play at Romano's, the State Theatre, or the…

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Officer Sentenced for Cigarette Racketeering

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Monday.--An American court-martial in Paris bas sentenced Lieut. Marvin Davis to 15 years' gaol for cigarette racketeering…

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Officer Sentenced for Cigarette Racketeering

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Monday.--An American court-martial in Paris has sentenced Lieut. Marvin Davis to 15 years' gaol for cigarette racketeering…

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Officer Sentenced for Cigarette Racketeering

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Monday.--An American court-martial in Paris has sentenced Lieut. Marvin Davis to 15 years' gaol for cigarette racketeering…

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Officer Sentenced for Cigarette Racketeering

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Monday.--An American court-martial in Paris has sentenced Lieut. Marvin Davis to 15 years' gaol for cigarette racketeering…

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Officer Sentenced for Cigarette Racketeering

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Monday.--An American court-martial in Paris has sentenced Lieut. Marvin Davis to 15 Years' gaol for cigarette racketeering…

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Officer Sentenced for Cigarette Racketeering

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Monday.--An American -court-martial in Paris has sentenced Lieut. Marvin Davis to 15 years' gaol for cigarette racketeering…

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2 Charged After Bank Hold-up

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Monday.-- Accused of the armed hold-up at the ES & A Bank on Saturday, a youth…

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Murder In Underworld, "Donald the Duck" Shot

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 5

Sydney underworld character Donald Day ("Donald the Duck"), 41, was found shot dead at Surry Hills last night. An anonymous call to…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Underworld Murder in Surry Hills

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 16

Donald Day, 35, a well-known underworld figure, also known as "Donald the Duck," was found shot dead early this morning in a room…

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Bank Hold-up Case in Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 11

KEMPSEY, Monday.--At Kempsey Court today a man and a youth of 17 were remanded until February 21 on charges associated with the hold-up at the E.S. and A. Bank, Kempsey,…

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Bank Hold-up Case in Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 11

KEMPSEY, Monday.--At Kempsey Court today a man and a youth of 17 were remanded until February 21 on charges associated with the hold-up at the E.S. and A. Bank, Kempsey,…

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Bank Hold-up Case in Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 11

KEMPSEY, Monday.--At Kempsey Court today a man and a youth of 17 were remanded until February 21 on charges associated with the hold-up at the E.S. and A. Bank, Kempsey,…

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Prisoner Shot in Long Bay Gaol Four Charged With Surry Hills Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 3

Whether Clifford Tasman Thompson, 32, who was found wounded in the chest in his cell at Long Bay Gaol yesterday, was shot by another inmate of the gaol or by himself, with a revolver smuggled to him…

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Charged with Murder Man And Three Women Court Refuses Bail

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 7

KEITHKICHENER HULL (27), salesman, Irene Merle Day (39), Daphne Irene Kinney (21) and…

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Charged with Murder Donald Day Case Story of Self Defence

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 7

KEITH KITCHENER HULL (27), salesman, Irene Merle Day (39), Daphne Irene Kinney (21) and…

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Charged with Murder Donald Day Case Story of Self Defence

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 7

KEITHKITCHENER HULL (27), salesman, Irene Merle Day (39), Daphne Irene Kinney (21) and…

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Four In Court On Charge Of Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 5

Keith Kitchener Hull (27), salesman, Irene Merle Day (39), Daphne Irene Kinney (21), and Nancy Burley (24) were charged at Central Court today with having on January…

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Gaol Break on a Raft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two prisoners escaped from French Island penal establishment, Westernport Bay, yesterday, on a…

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